Improvement in remedies for colds



rrED STATES PATENT QFFIGE,

AROHIBALD MOINTYRE DE WITI, OF PITIS'ION, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT m REMEDIES FOR coLDs, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,840, dated J 1111020, 1876 application filed April 17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, A. Mol. DE WITT, of

. Pittston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Medicine; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit pertains to make and use it.

My invention relates to medicines, and has as its object the cure ofcolds, coughs, and all diseases of the lungs, throat, bronchial tubes,and air-passages. With such an end in \lGW, it consists of a compoundhaving the following ingredients, substantially in the parts andproportions, to wit: Three ounces (l quid measure) sirup of brown sugar;two ounces sirup of honey; one and one-half ounce caster-oil;three-fourths ounce paregoric; three-fourths ounce spirits camphor.

With the above admixture I may use any flavoring extract, as I desire tochange or sweeten the taste. The result is a liquid, and can be placedin any suitable vessel for market or use.

The several ingredients may be mixed successively or conjointly, andthereafter placed in a receptacle and thoroughly stirred together, sothat the resultant product shall, hold in solution the severalingredients composing the same.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is i A medicine for the cure of colds,bronchial affections, &c., consisting of spirits of camphor, paregoric,caster-oil, and the respective sirups of honey and brown sugar, in theparts and; proportions substantiallyv as herein described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this15th day of April, 1876. 4

ARCHIBALD MOINTYRE DE WITT.

Witnesses:

O. F. GAINES, JOSEPH HILEMAN-

